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Walk, Don't Run is a 1966 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Walters (his final theatrical release), and starring Cary Grant (in his final film role), Samantha Eggar, and Jim Hutton. The film is set during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and is a remake of the 1943 film The More the Merrier .
In a novelty achievement, the Ventures were the first act to place two different versions of the same song in the Top 10, those being "Walk, Don't Run" (#2) and "Walk, Don't Run '64" (#8). The Ventures were among the first rock acts able to sell albums based on a style and sound without needing hit singles on the albums.
"Walk, Don't Run '64" is an updated The Ventures recording that features a guitar style more similar to that of "Misirlou", and is notable for starting with a "fade-in" (as opposed to many songs of the era that ended with a "fade out"). In this version, the lead guitarist and bass player from the original switched roles, with Edwards handling ...
Walk, Don't Run is the soundtrack to the 1966 film of the same name composed by Quincy Jones.It was orchestrated by Jack Hayes and Leo Shuken. [2] Allmusic's Stephen Cook describes the score as having a "Henry Mancini inspired sound", with "excellent contributions from Toots Thielemans and Harry "Sweets" Edison". [3]
"Walk, Don't Run" (instrumental), a composition written and originally recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith and notably covered by Chet Atkins and The Ventures; Walk Don't Run (Joshua Breakstone album) Walk, Don't Run, from the 1966 film of the same name composed by Quincy Jones; Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2, a 1964 album by The Ventures
Grant's final film, Walk, Don't Run (1966), a comedy co-starring Jim Hutton and Samantha Eggar, was shot on location in Tokyo, [255] and is set amid the backdrop of the housing shortage of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. [256] Newsweek concluded: "Though Grant's personal presence is indispensable, the character he plays is almost wholly superfluous ...
As a teenager in 1959, Babbitt joined the surf rock group the Ventures, just before the band gained fame with their huge hit "Walk Don't Run" in 1960.Babbitt had to drop out because he was not old enough to play the nightclubs and bars the band was beginning to work in. [2]
Edwards was born in Lahoma, Oklahoma, the son of Elbert Edwards and Nannie Mae Quinton Edwards, [2] an original enrollee of the Western Cherokee. [3] Edwards came from a family of accomplished musicians, so that by age five he began playing a variety of string instruments, including the steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin, and bass.